![]() Hightower with the New England Patriots in 2014 | |||||||||||||||
New England Patriots | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Inside linebackers coach | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | Lewisburg, Tennessee, U.S. | March 12, 1990||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 260 lb (118 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | Marshall County (Lewisburg, Tennessee) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Alabama (2008–2011) | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2012 / Round: 1 / Pick: 25 | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
As a player: | |||||||||||||||
As a coach: | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Player stats at PFR |
Qualin Dont'a Hightower[1] (born March 12, 1990) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the inside linebackers coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played in the NFL for nine seasons with the Patriots. Hightower played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, receiving consensus All-American honors and winning two BCS National Championships. Selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft by the Patriots, he was named to two Pro Bowls and won three Super Bowl titles.